To operate its groundbreaking and controversial voucher program, the Douglas County School District has hit upon yet another groundbreaking and controversial plan: the creation, staffing and approval of its own charter school.

The Choice Scholarship School would have no teachers, no unique curriculum and, at least initially, no building.

But according to the charter application, tentatively approved by the district board June 27, the school would "make operational" the voucher program and administer standardized tests, which students attending private schools through the program must take.

A final board vote on the charter-school application is expected Tuesday.

District spokesman Randy Barber said this latest twist in the voucher-program saga has taken Douglas County further into uncharted territory.

"We acknowledge that this is not an ordinary charter school. But,